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PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

No.V 756,555.

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No. 756,555. v PATBNTBD APR. 5, 1904.

W. B. ALTIGK.

CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED un. 4, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. l756,555, dated April 5, 1904. i

Application filed April 4, 1903. Serial No. 151,051. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BERNARD AL- TIGK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a cabinet designed especially for inclosing telephones, so that the person using the telephone will not be annoyed by surrounding noises or his conversation heard by persons near.

The invention comprises, brieiy stated, a rigid framing furnishing the top, bottom, and back wall of the cabinet and two arc-shaped sections which are arranged to slide between 4the top and bottom walls, so as to extend outward to meet at their front edges and close theV cabinet or so that they may be foldedY back Vapart from each other, thus opening the cabinet completely. The invention involves various other features of minor importance, all of which will be fully described hereinafter. i This specification is an exact description of one example of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l 4is a vertical section of the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing the cabinet open. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section showing the cabinet closed. Fig. 4 is an inner side elevation of one of the bottom casters on which the sliding doors are mounted. Fig. 5 is a vertical section thereof, and Fig. 6 is an inner side elevation of one of the guide devices which are employed at the top of the guiding-doors.

The rigid body portion of the cabinet comprises a back o, extending between the bottom and the top o, the back and top being lined with sound-deadening material, as illustrated, and being braced and strengthened by stationary side walls (Z, extending from the back wall o forward for a short distance and running vertically from the bottom to the top of the cabinet. The walls Z have glass plates therein to admit light. Extending vertically between the bottom and, top of the cabinet is a panel e, which lies forward of the rearwall a and not only strengthens the cabinet, but

serves also as a support for the telephone/ap-` closure between the front edges of the side wallsd. These doors f and g are arranged to run in the respective guide-groovesf and g in the bottom t. For supporting the doors I provide casters comprising body-plates la, which are set into the outer surfaces of the doors, and pins it', mounted to turn'therein, said pins terminating in'forks lf, which carry the rollers or casters proper, 7a3, these rollers being thus mounted to swing on the body- .plates It and running in the guide-grooves f and g. Said grooves f and g meet or run into each other at the front portion of the bottom t, as is indicated at in Figs. l and 2. At their upper edges the arc-shaped doors carry guide devices comprising plates Z, which are fastened to the doors and have rollers Z' -mounted thereon, these rollers running in guides m2, similar in shape to the guides f/ and g', and being formed on the under side of the top c, the front or meeting parts of said guides being formed with a shoulder m and an outer band or support m. Suitable packing-strips a are provided at the front edges of each side wall d, and the meeting or front edges of the curved doors f and g are provided with packing-strips a,which may be of anydesired form. f2 and g2 indicate knobs which are fastened to the doors f and g to facilitate their operation.

In the use of this cabinet it is only necessary to turn the doors f and g apart, so as to open it, as shown in Fig.- 2. v When it is thus opened, the telephone (assuming that the device be used in connection with such apparatus) may be operated either with` or without closing the doors; but should it be desired to close the doors it is only necessary. to grasp the knobs f2 and g2 and turn the doors outward until their front edges meet, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

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This construction provides-a tight strong cabinet which'takes up much less room than those generally employed and can be used with equal facility. The compactness of the device is particularly apparent when the doors' are opened, in which instance the cabinet oc-` cupiespractically only that space equal to the* width of the side walls d.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A cabinet, comprising a rigid body por-v tion, and two curved doors mounted to move in curved guides on the body portion so as to permit opening or closing the cabinet, saidV guides overlappingeach other in essentially concentric arrangement at the rear of the cabinet and running into each other at the front ofthe cabinet, so that the doors meet at the front'to close the cabinet, and fold one inside of the other at the rear 'of the cabinet.

2. Acabinet, comprisingatop, abottom and backrigidly connected together to form'the body of `the cabinet, and :two curved doors mounted to move toward and from veach other in curved guides, for the .purpose specified, said guides overlapping each other in essentially concentric arrangement .at the'back of the cabinet andrunninginto each other atthe` front of the cabinet.

3. A cabinet, comprising aback, side walls curved guides, said guides running into each other at the front side of the cabinet and overlapping at the back, and two curved doors arranged to slide in said guides and to meet in front of said cabinet, to close the same.

5. A cabinet, comprising a body having curved guides. overlapping at the back of the cabinet, and two curved doors arranged to Vmove in said guides and capable of meeting at thefront of the cabinet, to close the same.

6. A cabinet, comprising a back, sides, and top and bottom sections, the top and bottom sections being extended out forwardly beyond the front edges of the side sections, and two curved doors mounted in curved guideways in the top and bottom sections and movable forwardly to close the cabinet, the guides meeting at the front and overlapping at the rear so as to permit the, doors to be overlapped when in folded position.

-7. A telephone-cabinet, comprising a back, sides, and top and bottom: sections, the sides having transparentl plates therein and the top andbottom sections being extended forwardly beyond the front edges ofthe sides, and said top and bottom sections having guides in their inner or adjacent faces, such guides meeting at the front and extending backward and overlapping at the rear for the-purpose specified,

Vcurved doors mounted in the guides, and a vertical panel mounted inthev rear of the cabi# net just'forward ofthe guides, said panel being adapted to support a telephone apparatus. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM BERNARD AL'IICK. Witnesses:

J oHN J. STEWART, E. C. ALTIcK. 

